Building the capacity of young professionals in family planning to publish: Insights from the ICFP2022 WHO scientific writing, mentoring and coaching course

IF 2.8 2区医学 Q1 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Contraception Pub Date : 2025-01-08 DOI:10.1016/j.contraception.2025.110810

Jane E. Hirst , Raqibat Idris , Jean C. Rusatira , Kellie Welborn , Jordan Freeman , Fionna Poon , James Kiarie , Rita Kabra

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Abstract

Objectives

We describe the development, delivery, and evaluation of a program to support junior professionals to publish their work in a scientific journal.

Study design

Conference delegates with an accepted abstract at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP), self-identifying as junior professionals and from a low- or middle-income country (LMIC) or working predominantly in LMIC settings, were eligible for the program. The program involved: (1) Four face-to-face workshops at ICFP from the 14th to 17th of November 2022; (2) mentoring meetings at ICFP; (3) a six-month post-conference online coaching program; and (4) post-conference learning webinars from December 2022 to May 2023. We used online surveys to assess the participants' reactions, learning, and behaviour changes to the workshops and the online coaching program. We present participants' self-reported progress towards achieving a scientific publication.

Results

Sixty-seven participants from 29 countries participated in the workshops, and 40 attended the post-conference program. Workshops were rated positively, though the in-conference mentoring program faced challenges, including low attendance. The post-conference program was highly rated, with most participants engaging well with coaching and the webinars. At the end of the six-month program, 31 (46%) participants reported some progress in manuscript writing, with five completed manuscripts submitted.

Conclusions

Scientific writing is a complex skill, and whilst our program had several positive elements, our participants faced many challenges completing their manuscripts within six months. The post-conference coaching and webinar program was rated highly, emphasising the need for ongoing support.

Implications

Future programs should address this and other difficulties we highlight.

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培养计划生育青年专业人员的出版能力：来自ICFP2022世卫组织科学写作、指导和指导课程的见解。

目的：我们描述了一个项目的发展、交付和评估，以支持初级专业人员在科学期刊上发表他们的工作。研究设计：具有国际计划生育会议（ICFP）认可摘要的会议代表，自我认定为初级专业人员，来自低收入或中等收入国家（LMIC）或主要在LMIC环境中工作，符合该计划的资格。该计划包括：(i) 2022年11月14日至17日在ICFP举行的四次面对面研讨会；国际政策方案的指导会议；（iii）为期六个月的会后在线辅导计划；（iv） 2022年12月至2023年5月的会后学习网络研讨会。我们使用在线调查来评估参与者对研讨会和在线辅导计划的反应、学习和行为变化。我们展示了参与者自我报告的取得科学出版物的进展。结果：来自29个国家的67名参与者参加了研讨会，40名参与者参加了会后计划。讲习班的评价是积极的，尽管会议指导计划面临挑战，包括出席率低。会议后的计划得到了很高的评价，大多数参与者都很好地参与了指导和网络研讨会。在为期六个月的项目结束时，31名（46%）参与者报告说，他们在撰写手稿方面取得了一些进展，其中有5人提交了完整的手稿。结论：科学写作是一项复杂的技能，虽然我们的项目有一些积极的因素，但我们的参与者在六个月内完成他们的手稿面临着许多挑战。会后指导和网络研讨会项目获得了很高的评价，强调了持续支持的必要性。未来的计划应该解决这个问题和我们强调的其他困难。

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Contraception 医学-妇产科学

CiteScore

4.70

自引率

17.20%

发文量

211

审稿时长

69 days

期刊介绍： Contraception has an open access mirror journal Contraception: X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review. The journal Contraception wishes to advance reproductive health through the rapid publication of the best and most interesting new scholarship regarding contraception and related fields such as abortion. The journal welcomes manuscripts from investigators working in the laboratory, clinical and social sciences, as well as public health and health professions education.